Tolmiea is a genus of flowering plants in the saxifrage family containing two species native to northwestern North America. The genus was formerly considered to be monotypic until diploid populations were split off as T. diplomenziesii from the tetraploid populations of T. menziesii.[2]
Tolmiea | |
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Tolmiea menziesii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Saxifragaceae |
Genus: | Tolmiea Torr. & A.Gray (1840), nom. cons. |
Species[1] | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
Leptaxis Raf. (1837) |
The genus was named after the Scottish-Canadian botanist William Fraser Tolmie.
Species
editTwo species are accepted.[1]
- Tolmiea diplomenziesii Judd, Soltis & P.S.Soltis – California and Oregon
- Tolmiea menziesii (Pursh) Torr. & A.Gray – Alaska, British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington
References
edit- ^ a b c Tolmiea Torr. & A.Gray. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Flora of North America". eFloras.org. Retrieved 2014-06-03.